Woodville West Torrens - best team of the last 30 years
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:07 pmhttps://wwtfc.com.au/news/cheers-to-30-years/
This is a very strong team and there will always be debates who should have been picked. I couldn’t recall whether there was certain criteria that needed to be met (e.g. minimum games played, selecting players from each era) but I feel it is reasonably accurate.
That said, it bugs me when clubs release these types of teams but don’t place players in the positions they actually played or don’t actually pick a side that is realistic e.g. selecting three ruckman in a side would never happen. A couple of my comments.
It feels like this was a bit of a ‘fan favourite’ team over a team that was purely based on skill. There is no way that Chris Hall, Jack Hayes and Petrenko are in our best side of the last 30 years.
Where is Scott Morphett? It’s ridiculous that he couldn’t make this team. You'd think that kicking 99 goals in 1991 (club record) and being a damaging premiership midfielder/half forward for us in an era when the competition was much stronger would mean something. An oversight?
Why are we playing three ruckman? We should only be picking two. I’d pick Parry and Niemann over Lindsay. Parry and Lindsay were both great tap ruckman (far better than Niemann) but Parry was far more damaging around the ground and able to take many more pack marks. I’d have Niemann as the backup ruckman as he was more versatile than Lindsay and able to go forward and be a reasonable target up there and kick goals.
Taylor and Grocke are named in positions they rarely play and you would probably swap them on match day. I was tossing up between Taylor or Passador (who I think has a better average goals) and is a tough decision. But Taylor at his best was a better mark and more likely than Passador to kick a huge bag when he was on.
Powell never really made his mark playing on the half back flank where named. A really good midfielder but would rather have Shane Breuer or Weideman in the side (if they qualify with enough games played.
I’d select Nick Pesch instead of Adam Pearce despite the latter getting club champion. I just feel Pesch was more consistent over a longer period.
I’d select Steven Sziller over Jason Sziller due to being much faster and more likely to hit the scoreboard when resting up forward.
Others who could easily have made the side but didn’t and could consider themselves unlucky include Tim Inkster, Jason Spehr and Glenn Freeborn.
This is a very strong team and there will always be debates who should have been picked. I couldn’t recall whether there was certain criteria that needed to be met (e.g. minimum games played, selecting players from each era) but I feel it is reasonably accurate.
That said, it bugs me when clubs release these types of teams but don’t place players in the positions they actually played or don’t actually pick a side that is realistic e.g. selecting three ruckman in a side would never happen. A couple of my comments.
It feels like this was a bit of a ‘fan favourite’ team over a team that was purely based on skill. There is no way that Chris Hall, Jack Hayes and Petrenko are in our best side of the last 30 years.
Where is Scott Morphett? It’s ridiculous that he couldn’t make this team. You'd think that kicking 99 goals in 1991 (club record) and being a damaging premiership midfielder/half forward for us in an era when the competition was much stronger would mean something. An oversight?
Why are we playing three ruckman? We should only be picking two. I’d pick Parry and Niemann over Lindsay. Parry and Lindsay were both great tap ruckman (far better than Niemann) but Parry was far more damaging around the ground and able to take many more pack marks. I’d have Niemann as the backup ruckman as he was more versatile than Lindsay and able to go forward and be a reasonable target up there and kick goals.
Taylor and Grocke are named in positions they rarely play and you would probably swap them on match day. I was tossing up between Taylor or Passador (who I think has a better average goals) and is a tough decision. But Taylor at his best was a better mark and more likely than Passador to kick a huge bag when he was on.
Powell never really made his mark playing on the half back flank where named. A really good midfielder but would rather have Shane Breuer or Weideman in the side (if they qualify with enough games played.
I’d select Nick Pesch instead of Adam Pearce despite the latter getting club champion. I just feel Pesch was more consistent over a longer period.
I’d select Steven Sziller over Jason Sziller due to being much faster and more likely to hit the scoreboard when resting up forward.
Others who could easily have made the side but didn’t and could consider themselves unlucky include Tim Inkster, Jason Spehr and Glenn Freeborn.
